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THE PROTEIN ELEMENT IN NUTRITION 



Sawanis, diet of, 88 



Schryver, role of ammonia in meta- 

 bolism, 13 



Schutzenberg, composition of protein, 

 4 



Scotch prisoners, diet of, 136 



Scrafton on the food of " Indians," 

 151 



Sexual excess in India, 180 



Shaffer, excretion of creatinine, 17 



Shutt, experimental feeding of hogs, 

 143 



Sikh : as a soldier, 184, 202 ; effects of 

 diet and Sikhism on, 204 ; dietaries 

 of, 90, 203 ; nitrogenous metabo- 

 lism of, 91 ; not a vegetarian, 91 ; 

 physique of, 204 



Sikh, Jat : as a soldier, 200 ; physique 

 of, 201 



Siven, exp rimenta with diets poor in 

 nitrogen, 113 



Skinner, experimental feeding of hogs, 

 144 



Snyder : experiments with prepara- 

 tions of wheat, 50 ; on the protein 

 absorption of pulses, 59 



Soldier group of Chittenden, Loeser on 

 their diet, 148 



Solitary cells for prisoners under ob- 

 servation, 132 



Spriggs, quantity of food necessary 

 for efficiency, 122 



" Standard " bread : advantages 

 claimed for, 46 



Standard dietaries, table of, 69 



Standard dietary, 68 



Starvation and the nitrogen require- 

 ments, 105 



Stewart, on the metabolism of proteins, 

 110 



Strachey : on Indian foodstuffs, 151 ; 

 on the characteristics of the Ben- 

 gali, 154 



Strength, increase of, in Chittenden's 

 subjects, 124 



Strumpell, the effects of cooking on 

 protein absorption, 66 



Students, Chittenden's observations 

 on, 119 



Studies, dietary : in Europe and 

 America, 70 ; in Bengal, 76 



Sudra, caste or class of, 194 



Sulphur-carrying group in the cleav- 

 age of proteins, 5 



Summary of criticisms of Chittenden's 

 conclusions, 132 



Tibetan Bhutias : diet of, 86, 187 ; 



physique of, 185 



Tiegel, on the food of the Japanese, 75 

 Todas : diet of, 88 ; ignorance of salt, 



88 



Torulin of yeast (Moore), 209 

 Types, physical : of India, 187 ; effects 

 of diet on, 188 



Underfeeding, effects : on Bengali, 

 159 ; on blood, 159 ; of, in disease, 

 133 



Uraons, diet of, 88 



Urinary nitrogen : as a measure of 

 protein metabolism, 119, 132 ; of 

 Chittenden's subjects, 129 



Urine of Bengalis, chemical compo- 

 sition of, 156 



Vaisiya, caste of, 194 



Vedas, hymns in Sanskrit language, 



193 



Veddahs of Ceylon, 28 

 Vegetarian couple, observations on, 



118 



Vegetarianism in India and Japan, 72 

 Verploegh, creatinine metabolism, 17 

 Verworn, the metabolism of proteins, 1 

 Vitamine of beri-beri (Funk), 52, 209 

 Voit, standard of protein : in diet, 101 ; 

 contrasted with Chittenden's stu- 

 dents, 121 



V. Noorden : high protein feeding and 

 health, 124 ; table giving experi- 

 ments with diets poor in protein, 

 114 ; table showing results of Chit- 

 tenden's experiments, 117 ; working 

 man's demand for protein, 100 



Wait, absorption of protein of pulses, 



59 



Waller, the state of nutrition, 153 

 Waste products, excess in the urine, 



123 



Waziris, characteristics of, 206 

 Weber, creatinine and muscular ac- 

 tivity, 20 

 Weight of European and Bengali 



infant, 94 

 Weir-Mitchell treatment and high 



feeding, 134 

 Wheat : protein content and protein 



absorption, 43 ; protein absorption 



in India, 44 



Wheat-meal, composition of, 46 

 Willcock and Hopkins, experiments 



with zein, 7 



Winter, life insurance in India, 168 

 Woodruff, Major, U.S.A. : actinic rays, 



effects of, 180 ; on diets in the 



tropics, 24 



Woods, on maize as a food, 54 

 Work : demand for protein in severe, 



100 ; source of energy in, 107 



Zieman, on the influence of diet on the 

 tribes of tropical Africa, 138 



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